LibGuides: FLAS 311/312: Hispanic Culture and History: Cultural History Research

Reference Material

Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business, Biological Sciences Online access to variety of reference books from the Gale publishing family. Can search an individual title or all titles at once.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Subject: Archaeology, Art, Architecture, History, Language, Linguistics, Health,
Music, Literature, Philosophy, Science, and Social Science. Full-text subject reference works in a single cross-searchable resource. Note: accommodates only 1 user at any given time.

Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature
Online

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Subject: Music. Full-text of Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music (revised 2011), and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2nd edition (revised 2006). Note: accommodates only 1 user at any given time.

Enciclopedia hispánica
Call Number: AE61. E56 2003
Publication Date: 2003
Located in the Reference Collection on the first floor
Enciclopedia de la cultura española by Florentino Pérez-Embid
Call Number: DP12 .E5 1962 t.1
Located in the Reference Collection on the first floor
Historia de cultura hispanoamericana by Agnes Marie Brady
Call Number: F1408.3.B7
Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America
Call Number: F 1218.6 .O95 2001 (ref)
More than three hundred historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, historians of religion, art historians, epigraphers, gender theorists, sociologists, filmmakers and others have written the 617 entries for the encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia of Civilizations & Societies: The Ancient and Modern Worlds
Online

Best Bets

While CMU subscribes to many English-language databases, many will have resources from international journals. Resources may be in English or Spanish; however, most database search results can be limited by language. These are three databases to get you started with your research:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Subjects: History, Literature, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics. Art.
Multidisciplinary index to peer-reviewed journal and magazine articles; some full-text; constructs bibliography in five different citation styles.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Subject: Art, Language, Literature, Communication, Music Full-text peer-reviewed journal articles in literature and criticism, visual and performing arts, history, political science, cultural studies, and related disciplines from 1990-current.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Biological Sciences, Art & Design, Business, Music, Theatre Arts Full-text peer-reviewed journal articles in the humanities and sciences from 1831-"moving wall" (generally 3 to 5 years). Note: most recent 3-5 years are not included. Articles which are not available in our subscription may be requested via InterLibrary Loan.
JSTOR has provided complimentary access during Covid to JSTOR Archives & Primary Source Collections until June 30, 2021.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar yields results from a focused search of scholarly resources, peer reviewed and academic publications. Excludes websites and other biased sources of information.

Finding books & ebooks

Additional Material

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Languages, Literature & Mass Communication, Theatre Arts Index with some full-text to journal articles, books, and dissertations in literature, folklore, dramatic arts, literary criticism, literary theory, and modern languages and linguistics; 1920-current; constructs bibliography in five different citation styles.
Humanities International Index This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Art & Design, Music, Theatre Arts, Languages, Literature & Mass Communication Indexing (some full-text) of journal articles, books, reference works, poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations in the humanities from 1925 to present; constructs bibliography in five different citation styles.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Business, Languages, Literature & Mass Communication Full-text regional, national & international newspapers, state and federal court cases and statutes, law reviews, and company profiles.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Teacher Education, Social Sciences, Business, Political Sciences, Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Languages, Literature & Mass Communication, Computer Science, Mathematics & Statistics, Music, Art & Design,
Theatre Arts Searchable collection of streaming videos, educational films, and video segments in the humanities & social sciences, science and math, business and health and medicine.